Mytherism

[sydneysteve]

I have come into contact with someone who is into ‘mytherism’. Would anyone have some information on this belief system or have an experience of it. I have performed a Google search but have not come up with much.

Regards

 

[FCEGM]

sydneysteve:

I have come into contact with someone who is into ‘mytherism’. Would anyone have some information on this belief system or have an experience of it. I have performed a Google search but have not come up with much.

Regards

I believe you are referring to MITHRAISM. If so. . . .

newadvent.org/cathen/10402a.htm

 

[Shadowcry]

New advents horriably biased it would do you better to google it or sumthing

 

[Tigerhawk]

Shadowcry:

New advents horriably biased it would do you better to google it or sumthing

Blank statements are always wrong.

Seriously, though. New Advent calls itself a Catholic Encyclopedia there is absolutely no attempt on their part to hide the point of view from which the information is presented.

If you have specific issues with the linked article, please eloborate.

However, the article gives what the original poster wanted which was more information on a particular topic. The link from New Advent clearly provides this.

That poster is free to read and accept or reject the article with full knowledge that it is coming from a Catholic Encyclopedia. As are you.

 

[Shadowcry]

Good I will reject it all I am saying is there are better unbiased sources out there.

 

[FCEGM]

Shadowcry:

Good I will reject it all I am saying is there are better unbiased sources out there.

Hmmm, Mithraism does seem to be something a Catholic can be rightly biased about.

 

[Shadowcry]

vice versa as well

 

[Tigerhawk]

Shadowcry:

Good I will reject it all I am saying is there are better unbiased sources out there.

And that is your decision.

However, just because the source is Catholic does that equal wrong?

Also, is it possible to ever find an “unbiased source”? Would a pro-Mithraism website be unbiased? Would an academic who is an atheist be unbiased? There is only one unbiased source. God. If you believe in one God, that is . If you don’t then there isn’t one because all comes from either fallible and biased men or is the bias of a particular God.

Wouldn’t it be more helpful to read each article individually and determine if there is any truth in it before rejecting it simply because it is being presented by New Advent?

The New Advent articles usually provide a lot of information and site their sources. Is this not a useful resource?

 

[Shadowcry]

Tigerhawk:

And that is your decision.

However, just because the source is Catholic does that equal wrong?

Also, is it possible to ever find an “unbiased source”? Would a pro-Mithraism website be unbiased? Would an academic who is an atheist be unbiased? There is only one unbiased source. God. If you believe in one God, that is . If you don’t then there isn’t one because all comes from either fallible and biased men or is the bias of a particular God.

Wouldn’t it be more helpful to read each article individually and determine if there is any truth in it before rejecting it simply because it is being presented by New Advent?

The New Advent articles usually provide a lot of information and site their sources. Is this not a useful resource?

It is because it is Catholic that I think it is wrong in its presenting of information as it would try to compare Catholicism with any other religion or opposing ideology in this case Mithiriasm. I find nature is present in their tone and their writing so it is impossible for new advent to be a aproachable source as its extreme biased.

Thing is not to have no bias which is impossible though when looking for information you should try to look for sites with as little bias as possible. Ex A paper written by several people all with different points of view.

On the topic of God being unbiased God has vever spoken to one of us rather to men which lived a long time ago. So when God maybe unbiased the information handed to us from God is as it passed through the tongues and hands of men.

Who said I didnt read the article . I just dislike New Advent as its information is biased and on topics on things outside Catholicism is from uncredible sources. Ex in new advent they refer to Islam as Mohammediasm.

Finally New Advent sources are not good. Plus you have to cite your sources anyway for your thing to be credible.

 

[Tigerhawk]

Shadowcry:

It is because it is Catholic that I think it is wrong in its presenting of information as it would try to compare Catholicism with any other religion or opposing ideology in this case Mithiriasm. I find nature is present in their tone and their writing so it is impossible for new advent to be a aproachable source as its extreme biased.

Thing is not to have no bias which is impossible though when looking for information you should try to look for sites with as little bias as possible. Ex A paper written by several people all with different points of view.

On the topic of God being unbiased God has vever spoken to one of us rather to men which lived a long time ago. So when God maybe unbiased the information handed to us from God is as it passed through the tongues and hands of men.

Who said I didnt read the article . I just dislike New Advent as its information is biased and on topics on things outside Catholicism is from uncredible sources. Ex in new advent they refer to Islam as Mohammediasm.

Again you are welcome to your opinion, but when you start with the view that because it is Catholic it must be false then I seriously question if what you are reading and what is written is the same material.

When read through such a lense, your conclusions are predetermined.

Again, God is the only unbiased source and he isn’t posting here on this message board or anywhere else that Google can reach so the search for “unbiased” sources will be to no avail even papers written by many people. Would such a paper be less biased? Maybe. Maybe not. Multiple authors even from different and contradictory perspectives could still be extremely biased.

As a Catholic I see this quite often whenever one of those news shows goes out to find the “truth”. For example, I recently saw a couple of different shows looking for the truth and fiction behind The Da Vinci Code. They had all kinds of different people with all kinds of different perspectives but what resulted was in my opinion just another skewed view of those whacky Catholics.

Shadowcry:

Finally New Advent sources are not good. Plus you have to cite your sources anyway for your thing to be credible.

You would think so , but without them you could tell us they are bad .

 

[brotherhrolf]

I haven’t checked out the New Advent website but I can tell you from an anthropologist’s and historian’s point of view that the worship of Mithras was a warrior’s religion. Indoctrination into the cult of Mithras involved the initiate being led into an underground channel. A white bull was led above the channel and had his neck cut resulting in the “baptism” of the initiate in blood. I find this very difficult to believe in this day and age and is one of the problems I have with neopaganism. The historical reality does not match what is being done today. The legions of Rome have been vanquished by the legions of Christ and trying to resurrect the religion of the Roman legions is like trying to squeeze blood out of a turnip.

 

[Shadowcry]

Good you are entitled to your own opinion.

As for looking through a lense at something and predetermining a conclusion I believe I do not do this. On the otherhand I do not dislike things just because they are Catholic or written or express views of Catholics.

I just have a problem with New Advent.

 

[FCEGM]

brotherhrolf:

The legions of Rome have been vanquished by the legions of Christ and trying to resurrect the religion of the Roman legions is like trying to squeeze blood out of a turnip.

I’m picturing some would-be Mithraians trying to get blood out of a bull while the PETAites throw turnips at them.

 

[brotherhrolf]

Hey I didn’t even think about that angle! PETA would have a field day with animal sacrifice on that scale!

 

[sydneysteve]

Hi all,

Well it seems that the ‘mithraism’ question started a ball rolling. I suppose the reason i didnt find out anything about mytherism is because it doesnt exist.

Thankyou for directing me to New Advent. Actually I use it all the time and am very, very happy that it is ‘biased’. The biggest problem with modern Catholicism is that most people are biased against what the Church teaches.

What we need at this time is much more bias for the Church and especially from the hierarchy.

Thanks for your help.

All the best and God bless